FTFA: You should never throw a puppy in the trash can - dead or alive, obviously.

Of course you shouldn't throw a live animal into the garbage, but why not a dead animal? People flush dead fish down the toilet or bury small pets in the ground somewhere. So, why would it be wrong to dispose of a dead animal in the trash? It's going to end up "buried" in a landfill.

I've never had an animal that wasn't a pet. Of the pets my children and I have had all but two were buried on the property. The other two were put down by vets who handled the remains./ my youngest child had mice.// when we moved I discovered that she had wrapped the corpses in tissue paper and they had mummified/// after some serious discussion she let me bury them in the backyard

What does that even mean? Souls think? Can you explain why this elaborate biological hardware is necessary for that? Were you thinking before you were born? You sure ain't thinking NOW, is why I'm asking.

KeelingLovesCornholes:Hero is a subjective term. When it comes to saving cute puppies from certain death, I'm okay with it.

That works. In any case, how many other puppies have been killed in the garbage by the idiots who let their dogs starve?The garbage man has saved his puppy, but also potential future puppies, from an awful fate. Don't know if that's heroic, exactly, but it's certainly close enough.

Near our house, we found an American Bulldog biatch on the street slowly freezing--she was not a Winter breed. It was apparent from her behaviour--for the first year she would flinch if you tried to pet her--that she'd been beaten. The only things she wants, even more than food, are to be petted and to hunt. When she sees a rabbit or a mole, she's rocket-dog.A year later, we found a 6-week old puppy in the weeds crying for her mother; also abandoned.